35-Foot-Deep Sinkhole Swallows Part Of Missouri Golf Course

Golfers in Branson, Missouri, have some extra hazards to contend with after four sinkholes swallowed part of the Top of the Rock Golf Course on Friday.

The largest of the sinkholes abuts a pond on the course and is approximately 70 feet wide and 35 feet deep. According to KOLR10 News, a second hole measures 18 feet deep, while the other two are a (comparatively) smaller four feet deep.

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A backhoe is shown on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, after being swallowed by a sinkhole in Montreal . A Montreal business-owner says city officials ignored his warnings that there was a problem before a a sinkhole swallowed a backhoe. The backhoe had started to chip at asphalt near the corner of Ste-Catherine and Guy streets yesterday when the ground crumbled beneath it and the heavy machine tumbled in. The driver of the backhoe was not injured but was taken to hospital to be checked out as a precaution. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)